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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="libgda-5.0-LibgdaUI-Initialization.top_of_page"></a>Library initialization</span></h2>
<p>Library initialization — Library initialization and information</p>
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<a name="libgda-5.0-LibgdaUI-Initialization.stability-level"></a><h2>Stability Level</h2>
<a href="http://foldoc.org/Stable"><span class="acronym">Stable</span></a>, unless otherwise indicated
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<a name="libgda-5.0-LibgdaUI-Initialization.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<span class="returnvalue">void</span>
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<a class="link" href="libgda-5.0-LibgdaUI-Initialization.html#gdaui-init" title="gdaui_init ()">gdaui_init</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">const <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
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<pre class="synopsis">#include &lt;libgda/thread-wrapper/gda-thread-wrapper.h&gt;
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<a name="libgda-5.0-LibgdaUI-Initialization.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
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<a name="gdaui-init"></a><h3>gdaui_init ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
gdaui_init (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>Initialization of the libgda-ui library, must be called before any usage of the library.</p>
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<li class="listitem"><p>Note 1: <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gtk3/gtk3-General.html#gtk-init"><code class="function">gtk_init()</code></a> is not called by this function and should also
  be called (see Note 2 about the importance of the calling order)</p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>Note 2: unless you call <code class="function">setlocale()</code> first in your program, calling <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gtk3/gtk3-General.html#gtk-init"><code class="function">gtk_init()</code></a>
   before <a class="link" href="libgda-5.0-LibgdaUI-Initialization.html#gdaui-init" title="gdaui_init ()"><code class="function">gdaui_init()</code></a> will ensure that all information loaded from config files will
   be loaded in the correct locale (as <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gtk3/gtk3-General.html#gtk-init"><code class="function">gtk_init()</code></a> calls <code class="function">setlocale()</code>).</p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>Note 3: this funtion also calls <a class="link" href="libgda-5.0-Libgda-Initialization.html#gda-init" title="gda_init ()"><code class="function">gda_init()</code></a> so it should not be called
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<p class="since">Since: 4.2</p>
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<a name="gdaui-get-default-path"></a><h3>gdaui_get_default_path ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">const <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
gdaui_get_default_path (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>Get the default path used when saving a file, or when showing a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gtk3/GtkFileChooser.html#GtkFileChooser-struct"><span class="type">GtkFileChooser</span></a> file chooser.
When the application starts, the default path will be the same as the onde returned by
<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Miscellaneous-Utility-Functions.html#g-get-current-dir"><code class="function">g_get_current_dir()</code></a>.</p>
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<a name="gdaui-get-default-path.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p>the default path, or <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>. </p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<a href="http://foldoc.org/transfer%20none"><span class="acronym">transfer none</span></a>]</span></p>
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<p class="since">Since: 4.2.9</p>
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<a name="gdaui-set-default-path"></a><h3>gdaui_set_default_path ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
gdaui_set_default_path (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *path</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Define the default path used when saving a file, or when showing a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gtk3/GtkFileChooser.html#GtkFileChooser-struct"><span class="type">GtkFileChooser</span></a> file chooser.</p>
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<td class="parameter_description"><p>a path, or <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> to unset. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<a href="http://foldoc.org/allow-none"><span class="acronym">allow-none</span></a>]</span></td>
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<p class="since">Since: 4.2.9</p>
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